Reclaiming and elevating apparatus.



F. L. STUART. RECLAIMING AND ELVAHNG APPARAus.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, I9l8.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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` sanas rnANc'Is LEE STUART, oF WASHING'TQN, oisTRIcT or COLUMBIA, A ssIGNon To INTER- NATIONAL' GoNVEYon CORPORATION, or NEW- YORK, N. Y.'

RECLAIMING AND .ELEVATING .APEARALU S.`

i Specification. of Letters Patent, j Patented July 16, 1918.

Original application led November 13,1917, Serial'No. 201,798. Divided and this application filed March 4*,

.1918. Serial No. 220,303. .l

' To all whomc't may concern.'

Be it known that L FRANoIs'LEn STUART,

a citizen .of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have' invented certain new and vuseful Improvements inA a Reclaiming and Elevating Apparatus, of-whlchthe follow? ing` is a specification. A

11s lnventionrelates to an l'apparatus adapted" to reach, reclaim and elevate'mate-A rial from piles, holds of vessel and the like.`

' The object of the' present invention is to provide an apparatus'of 'this type comprising an elevating device having digging and reclaiming conveyers cooperating therewith. This application is a division of my 'cop'ending application Serial No. 201,7 98, filed i .Nov 13, 1917, and the claims herein are confined to the novel features embodied inthe combination of anelevating andreclaiming' apparatus. A i

.My ,improvements are .illustrated in, .the

accompanying: drawings, in which?" A Figure 1 is afside View of aportion of an elevating conveyeihaving the improved re claiming apparatus secured thereto.

F 2- is a planview of the construction illustrated in F ig.' 1.

Itis frequently desirable to reclaim ma.

terial in bulk form, such as coal, ore, sand and' the like disposed on one 1 evel,', and -deliver the same to an elevating conveyer capable of lifting the same to a. higher level where -it maybe transferredV to loading or unloading'devices at will. It is the purpose of the present invention to provide an ap# paratus which may successfully operate in this. manner,

Referring more particularly to the draw,

ings, I have illustratedthe lower end of the I leg 'or casing 1 Within'which travels a suitable form of elevating convey'er 2. The convcyer is herein shown as comprising an end.

less bucket carrier passing around a guide wheel 4. in the lower end of the casing. Supports 5 may be provided for supporting the elevating conveyor and associated parts in any of the positions to which it may be moved.

Disposed onone side of the casing l is a hopper 6 delivering directly to the .conveyor throughv the outlet 7.' The hopper is mounted on turn-table'S, illustrated diaA gramvrnatically-inthe drawings, so 4that the 'same may have a turning or swinging move` ment relatively to the casing. The hopper 6,

is supplied with material by the reclaiming device R, herein illustrated' as comprising atrilssed frame 9, the opposite sides of which straddle the hopper. lilxtendingvfhingitudinally of the frame 9 is a conveyerlO, prefadapted to pass around a. lower guide Wheel 1,1 and an upper discharging `or tripper Aroll l2 extending through the open side 14 of the hopper 6 so as to discharge the material from the conveyor l0 directly 4into the hop'- per. In operatlonthe conveyermaybe driven byV a .motor 15 mounted on top of the hopper and transmitting'power to drivethe conveyer through the mechanism 16,

.erably of the endless belt type, which is The lowerend of the fra-me 9 is supported l ,l

for swinging movement on a truck17 in which are journaled supp'orting'wheels 18.*,

As indicated diagrammatically in the drawings, the axes 19 ofthe Wheels are at 'an an gle to the direction'oftravel ofthe .conveyer so as to' facilitate swinging .movement of the frame 9 When'vpropelled by the motor 20.-

. The truck 17' is provided with a' semiecir'- cular platform 21 around the.outer edge of which extends a track 22 on'whi'ch travels Athe iianged Wheel 24 supporting a diggerframe 25 of any desired construction. 'The digger-frame carries a conveyer'26 adapted to be crowded into the material to be reclaimed soas to lift the same, when driven by the motor 27 and gearing 28, and deliver the load into the hopper-29. ,The hopper 29' .is mounted on theframe-work 30 carried by the central portion of the truck 17, and has 'an outlet 3l delivering directly tothe con- 'ily moved th the desired operative position,

which may be the hold of a vessel or-t'he like.

By' reason of the independent adjustment whiclrmay be given to the digger 25 in ad dition to thev swinging movementwhich may los be imparted to the -convey'er 10, dilfercnt portions of the hold of the vessel or the storage pilemay be vexpeditiously reached and the material reclaimed therefrom.

Since changes may be made in the specific construction of the apparatus herein disclosed I have illustrated the same diagrammatically'for the Sake of clearness.

I claim as my invention:

1. An apparatus for reclaiming Stored material, comprising a vertically arranged elevating conveyor, a hopper through which material is sup )lied to said conveyer, a boom conveyer ounted at one end to swing about a vertical axis, and which delivers to lsaid hopper, means'on the outer end of said boom conveyer for-supporting it and Jfor swinging it about Said vertical axis, a digger, means for pivotally supportinjr said digger on the outer end of the boom conveyor to swing about a vertical axis thereon.

2. An apparatus for reclaiming stored material, comprising a vertically arranged elevating conveyer, a hopper through which material'is supplied to said conveyor, a turntable on which said hopper is supported, a boom conveyer supported at its inner end by said turn-table swinging therewith about a vertical axis and which delivers to said hopper. a hopper supported adjacent the outer end of the boom conveyer and mounted to 'move about a vertical axis passing through theI outer end ot' said boom conveyer, and a digger delivering to said hoppe and mounted to turn therenf'ilh.

In testimony whereof7 I have hereunto subscribed my naine.

FRANCIS LEE STUART. 

